The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-08-25

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are now the basis of sales. +. Mar
riott, of the "News Letter." bought
a $4,000 place from Montgomery
& Rea to-day.
New York, August ia Wash
ington special to the World says:
A statement in detail of the affairs
of the Pacific railroads is being pre-
pared by Major Reddington, with a
view to prosecution, both criminal
and civil, of the directors of these
companies and the recovery Of $780,
900, 900, out of which they are said
to have swindled the government.
The indications are that the admin
istration will push the prosecution.
Columbia, S. c., August 9-Re-
ports from 27l township cores
pondents to the State Department
of Agriculture, covering every coun-
ty, show that on August first cotton,
which is two or three weeks earlier
than last year, has full bottom
crop, and if the season continues
propitious the largest crop ever pro-
duced in the state will be picked.
The corn crop is reported generally
as the best ever grown. The yield
will be the largest on record. Re-
ports of a large rice crop still con-
tinue, and if it has not been injured
by floods since the dates of the
reports it will be the largest for a
number of years.
EUROPE.
Paris, August 3-Ferry's seconds
have confirmed the statement that
they were unable TO come TO an
agreement respecting the conditions
of duel between their principal
ond General Boulanger. They ex-
plain that they proposed the same
conditions as those under which Gen
eral Boulanger fought with Baron
Laereinty, and that Boulanger's
seconds refused to accept such con-
ditions, claiming that they had a
right to settle the details of the
affair. M. Ferry's seconds declined
TO admit the claim of the offended
party to settle the conditions.
Later dispatches show that the
affair has been allowed to drop.
London, August 3-The Land
Bill passed the committee stage in
the House Of Commons this after
noon.
The bill to allow the construction
of tunnel under the English Chan
mel, which was reintroduced in the
House of Commons by Sir Edward
Watkins, was rejected this after
noon by a vote of 1853 to 105.
Dublin, August 1.-The ''United
Ireland" publishes copy of cir
cular which it asserts has been
issued to the police directing that q
watch be kept upon the movements
of the members of the House of
Commons belonging to the National
League.
London, August 4-The ''Pall
Mall Gazette" publishes another
Home-Rule scheme purporting to
have been accepted by the Liberal
leaders. This scheme gives an in
ternal Legislature and an executive.
There will be no separation Of U.S.
ter. The Irish members will con-
tinue to sit in the Imperial Parlia-
ment in their present number. The
powers of the Irish Parliament will
be delegated, the matters to be con-
trolled in Dublin being clearly de-
fined and also subject to revision by
the Imperial Parliament. The land
question is left to the Irish Parlia-
ment. 1t is doubtful whether this
statement is official. 1t is valuable,
however, as indicating the line of
the amended policy of Morley,
Trevelyan and Harcourt, which is
probably assented to by Gladstone,
and satisfactory TO the Liberals gen
orally.
Paris, August 9-"Le Paris" an
nounces that the English govern
ment has requested of Mr.. Flourens,
minister of foreign affairs, that
France name a date of evacuation
by France of the New Hebrides,
and that Mr.. Flourens, in reply,
declined to do so until France shall
be informed of the nature of Eng
lands policy in regard to Egypt,
and as to the naturalization of the
Suez canal.
London, August Sir j. Fergu-
son, parliamentary secretary for the
foreign office, stated in the Com
mons this afternoon that England
had never acquiesced that the pres
ence of French troops in the New
Hebrides should be postponed until
an agreement respecting the neu-
tralization of the Suez canal had
been reached.
London, August 10--A number
of Tory peers threaten to reject the
amendments to the Land bill intro
duced in the Commons, especially the
clause providing for revision of
judicial rents. They have also
warned the government not to at
tempt to deal with the question of
arrears. The attitude of these
peers has paralyzed the cabinets
action in further amending the Land
bill to satisfy the Parnellites. Co.
ercive circulars have been sent to
members in the country to be ready
to return If the peers mutilate the
bill, and the Parnellites have been